I never thought I'd be starting a blog, but becoming parents quickly changes your views on a lot of things. Parker has thrown us for quite a ride in the first few days of his life and this seems like the most logical way to share our drama with the rest of the world. Here's to hoping that our life becomes more blah, blah, blah soon!

Parents

Kristen & Benton Brown

An Unexpected Start

Parker Trimble Brown was born April 9, 2010.

I'm One Year Old

Parker will be 14 months old on June 9th.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

The Blue Bitch

I'm sad to announce that we're selling our favorite blue denim sectional. In some ways, I'm still hoping that its not true and we can hang on to it on our garage for a few more years until we can find somewhere to put it.

Maybe its because it was the first furniture we picked out as a couple, or because it's seriously the most comfortable couch ever made that I'm so attached to this gigantic sofa. Benton had just graduated from Tech and got his first apartment in the Uptown neighborhood of Dallas. We went over Christmas break to go furniture shopping at Wier's Furniture Store with his parents. Benton was immediately drawn to this huge overstuffed denim slipcovered sectional and he spent most of the shopping trip laying on it. His mother didn't like it and thought it was too comfy for grown-up furniture. He stubbornly bought it anyway, saying that it would be great for a playroom someday when we had children.

I think his mom was hoping I'd take her side, but we were still dating at the time and when he referenced future children and implied that we were getting married someday, he could have bought a purple leather bedazzled lazyboy recliner with my support. It took up almost all of his 900 square foot apartment, but he loved it. It was also an added bonus that it was over 10 feet long and could sleep two people comfortably. Our friends and family would later fight to sleep on the blue couch rather than the guest bed.

Our first apartment after we got married was on the third floor, and we hauled the Blue Bitch up three flights of stairs. It barely fit, but we still thought it was the best couch ever. We brought our Westie, Jack, home as a new puppy to the blue couch where he proceeded to sleep, play, and wrestle on it. Don't worry though - the couch was made with slipcovers that can be removed, washed, and even dried! This was now our family couch and Jack loved every inch of the Blue Bitch.

Two years later, we lugged the Blue Bitch down three flights of stairs and into our first house. We tried to put the couch in our living room, but the blue denim didn't go very well with our beautiful new Brazilian Cherry hardwood floors. After a couple of months, we bought a new sofa and love seat and the Blue Bitch was relinquished to the back guest bedroom. We'd visit her every once in a while to watch TV or take a nap, and our house guests still loved to sleep on her.

When I was pregnant with Parker and went into full nesting mode, I made Benton move the Blue Bitch to our much smaller third bedroom. It took up every inch of the room, but I put my desk in there and called it an office. I washed every inch of the sofa and febreezed it in preparation for Parker's arrival. I wanted him to love this couch as much as we did.

In July, we moved into a new home, and so the Blue Bitch was transported a measly 1.8 miles to our new location. We hoped to use the blue sectional in our seating area off from the kitchen. We were finally in our "family" home with one of the children Benton had referred to at Wier's so many years before. Unfortunately, we don't have a playroom or hidden den for comfortable and relaxed denim slipcovered furniture. We also really need an L-shaped arrangement for optimal TV viewing. So this brings me to my sad announcement...the Blue Bitch must find a new home with other house guests, children, and puppies to comfort. Did I mention that I slept on this couch for almost three weeks of my third trimester?

Here's a picture of her, please contact us if you think you can give her as good of home as we have for the last eight years. She was made by LEE Industries, and you can even order a new slipcover for her if you want to make her feel young again.